SAN JOSE, Calif. – There’s no escaping from the fact that the San Jose Sharks might finish with the NHL’s worst record for the second straight season.

If so, they can at least take solace in the production of some of their younger players.

Collin Graf had his first two-goal game in the NHL and Will Smith had another two-point game as the...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild’s scoring slump is once again costing them.

They were stumped, 3-2 in overtime Thursday at Xcel Energy Center by a struggling Rangers team that had dropped four in a row.

In the Wild’s six losses over their past nine games, they’ve been held to one or two goals; their two defeats prior were both shutouts.

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The fight that the Bruins have shown since the trade deadline showed up 20 minutes late in Ottawa on Thursday.

The Senators got money goaltending when it mattered from the netminder the B’s traded last summer, Linus Ullmark, while the B’s did not get the same from Jeremy Swayman, yanked after a team-wide disaster of a first period. The ...Read more

Jack Eichel set the Golden Knights’ single-season scoring record in a 4-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Thursday.

Eichel’s assist in the first period was his 79th point of the season, surpassing center William Karlsson’s record set in the 2017-18 season.

Goaltender Adin Hill made 26 saves for his second ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers showed some spunk on Thursday.

Taking on the Stanley Cup playoff-bound Tampa Bay Lightning during Pearl Jam night at the Wells Fargo Center, the game had an even flow and the Flyers battled back more than once to tie things up.

The result? The Flyers came alive with a 4-3 shootout win to snap a five-game losing ...Read more

DETROIT — The Red Wings found the perfect tonic for their six-game losing streak.

The medicine is called the last-place Buffalo Sabres, who played the ideal opponent for the slumping Wings, Detroit coming out with a 7-3 victory.

Patrick Kane had two power-play goals and three assists against his hometown team, Marco Kasper had two goals and ...Read more

SAN JOSE — It’ll be a night that San Jose Sharks center Patrick Giles will remember forever.

Goalie Alexandar Georgiev, though, might want to forget it as soon as possible.

Giles scored his first NHL goal Tuesday, the first of two the Sharks scored in 14 seconds in the third period of their game against the Nashville Predators to erase a ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild are still waiting for a breakthrough for their offense, but that didn’t prevent them from outscoring the Avalanche.

They outlasted typically potent Colorado, 2-1 in a shootout Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center to end the Avalanche’s six-game surge while gaining ground in the Western Conference playoff race.

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BOSTON — After the Florida Panthers’ morning skate at TD Garden on Tuesday, coach Paul Maurice was asked what he expected from the Bruins after their roster was turned over at the trade deadline.

The ever-thoughtful Maurice mulled it over in his mind and asked rhetorically, “When is the last time the pressure was off the Bruins?”

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PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby got two more goals. Tristan Jarry was strong again. And Erik Karlsson scored the overtime winner as the Penguins beat the Vegas Golden Knights, 3-2, at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday.

Karlsson got the winner 49 seconds into overtime.

After he played well in Sunday’s 3-1 win at Minnesota, the Penguins rewarded Jarry ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It was a much better game, but the result was the same. The Flyers lost, 5-2, to the Ottawa Senators, extending their losing streak to five games.

Brady Tkachuk gave the Senators a 1-0 lead in the first period. The Flyers broke out of their end but Travis Sanheim’s pass to Bobby Brink was a little too far ahead and the ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Mark Jankowski played his first game with the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday, scored two goals, was named the game’s first star, and was surrounded by members of the media in the team’s locker room after a win over the Winnipeg Jets.

But there was still more work to be done before he could rest and catch his breath.

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The Detroit Red Wings' hopes of making playoffs are beginning to drift away.

Goaltender Linus Ullmark was sensational, making 48 saves and Dylan Cozens, acquired Friday by Ottawa, scored his first goal as a Senator, giving Ottawa a 2-1 victory.

Cozens, left open by the post, fired a one-timer past goaltender Cam Talbot at 14 minutes 54 seconds...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Great One is about to become the Second-Best One.

Well, in the record books at least. Because with nine more goals, Alex Ovechkin will break Wayne Gretzky's total of 894, a mark once considered untouchable.

But for Kings TV analyst Jim Fox, who played with Gretzky and has watched Ovechkin since his rookie season with the ...Read more

MIAMI — The NHL on Monday announced that Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad has been suspended for 20 games, without pay, for violating the terms of the NHL and NHL Players Association’s performance enhancing substances program.

The suspension is accompanied by mandatory referral to the NHL/NHLPA Program for Substance Abuse and ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Center Tomas Hertl recorded a hat trick, but the Golden Knights’ four-game winning streak was snapped with a 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday at T-Mobile Arena.

Hertl got the seventh hat trick of his career, but the Knights (38-19-6) couldn’t come back from a 6-3 deficit in the third period.

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WASHINGTON — Again, the Seattle Kraken were begrudgingly part of history in the making.

Seattle managed to stay with the Eastern Conference’s top team well into the third period Sunday afternoon. The Kraken fell, 4-2, with Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin icing the victory for Washington. Ovechkin’s quest for a record previously thought to ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — It didn’t take long for the Carolina Hurricanes’ newcomers to make an impact.

One game, in fact.

Mark Jankowski scored twice at even strength and Logan Stankoven had a power-play goal Sunday, backing up some sparkling goaltending by Frederik Andersen in the Canes’ 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at the Lenovo Center....Read more